Comin' Back To Me

Album: Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
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  • The summer had inhaled and held its breath too long
    The winter looked the same, as if it never had gone
    And through an open window where no curtain hung
    I saw you
    I saw you
    Comin' back to me

    One begins to read between the pages of a look
    The shape of sleepy music, and suddenly you're hooked
    Through the rain upon the trees, the kisses on the run
    I saw you
    I saw you
    Comin' back to me

    You came to stay and live my way
    Scatter my love like leaves in the wind
    You always say you won't go away
    But I know what it always has been
    It always has been

    A transparent dream beneath an occasional sigh
    Most of the time I just let it go by
    Now I wish it hadn't begun
    I saw you, yes, I saw you
    Comin' back to me

    Strolling the hills overlooking the shore
    I realized I've been there before
    The shadow in the mist could have been anyone
    I saw you
    I saw you
    Comin' back to me

    Small things like reasons are put in a jar
    Whatever happened to wishes wished upon a star?
    Was it just something that I made up for fun?
    I saw you, I saw you comin' back to me Writer/s: Marty Balin
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 12

  • Ted Sutton from Lexington, ScI fell in love with this song in the late 60s. Always thought it was a sad song until I reunited with my teenage girlfriend after not seeing her for 49 years. We fell in love again and we both feel this song describes our happiness of finding each other again in our late 60s. It is now a beautiful and happy song for Ted and Maggie. Never to old to fall in love again with your long lost love!
  • Dave From Montclair Nj from Montclair NjWhat a beautiful beautiful song... and to discover the back story as told by Marty Balin. Marty getting high with Michael Bloomfield and Marty constructs the song ... Come back to the studio and Jerry Garcia and the rest of Jefferson Airplane except for Jorma happens to be there and they record. In one take. And this song is placed in the epic Surrealistic Pillow. I'll stop now, I am just repeating what you already know. Thank you...
  • Keith from Kansasthis song was also used in the movie The age of Adeline with Blake Lively (2015). I had nearly forgotten this song and when i heard it, it brought back a flood of memories from days passed.
  • Apsa from AfricaEkristheh said it all !
  • Ed from Lebanon, NhA wonderful cover version was made by Richie Havens ... who died today (on Earth day) of 2013.
  • Reed from New Ulm, MnThis song in and of ITSELF makes 'Pillow' a joy to listen to.
  • Ekristheh from Halath, United StatesA sadly restful song for a rainy Sunday afternoon in early autumn.
  • Jessica from Gardiner, MeThis is my favorite song of all time. I think it is so beautiful. IMHO, I think it is about unrequitted love.
  • Darren from Winnipeg, MbThis song was also in "Flashback" with Keiffer Southerlund and Dennis Hopper.
  • Victoria from Tacoma, Wa"It was a story about a breakup I was going through, and that situation where it's gotten into your head too much. Partially because somebody else is telling you that you're only hearing what you want to, and that puts you in a little bit of a tailspin."
  • Victoria from Tacoma, WaYou came to stay, live my way, scatter my love like leaves in the wind.
    You always say you won't go away but I know what it always has been.
    If only both Marty and the girl had been able to communicate, his feelings for her are clear in the song, she loved him too. Her life was never the same.
  • Barry from Greenville, NcGreat song! It was featured in "Without Limits," a 1998 film about the late legendary runner Steve Prefontaine.
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